Investing For Your Future
Study Guide

This Study Guide is a supplement to the Cooperative Extension basic investing home study course, Investing For Your Future.  It is designed as a self-study tool to reinforce key course concepts and to aid readers in understanding the process of investing.

Ruth H. Lytton, Virginia Tech, Author

Barbara M. O’Neill, Rutgers University, Project Director  

Revised: July 2004

 This publication was funded with a grant from the Foundation For Financial Planning, Inc.  

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Table of Contents

Review Questions and Applications    

Unit 1   Basic Building Blocks of Successful Financial Management

Unit 2   Investing Basics

Unit 3   Finding Money to Invest

Unit 4   Ownership Investments

Unit 5   Fixed-Income Investing

Unit 6   Mutual Fund Investing

Unit 7   Tax-Deferred Investments

Unit 8   Investing with Small Dollar Amounts

Unit 9   Getting Help:  Investing Resources

Unit 10  Selecting Your Team of Financial Professionals

Unit 11  Investment Fraud      

Answers to the Review Questions

Unit 1    Basic Building Blocks of Successful Financial Management

Unit 2    Investing Basics

Unit 3    Finding Money to Invest    

Unit 4    Ownership Investments

Unit 5    Fixed-Income Investing

Unit 6    Mutual Fund Investing

Unit 7    Tax-Deferred Investments

Unit 8    Investing with Small Dollar Amounts

Unit 9   Getting Help:  Investing Resources

Unit 10  Selecting Your Team of Financial Professionals

Unit 11  Investment Fraud

Last Updated:  July 14, 2004